United States v. Sturman

MERRITT, Circuit Judge. In this emergency appeal, the defendant, Sturman, contests the District Courts determination that bail should be set in the amount of $3,000,000 cash in this criminal tax evasion case initiated upon an indictment charging 15 counts of tax evasion and one count of obstruction of justice by concealing and destroying documents. The appeal is taken pursuant to the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. ?? 3141, et seq., particularly section 3145 providing for immediate review of such orders. Our standards of review in such cases are set out in U.S. v. Hazime, 762 F.2d 34 (6th Cir. 1985).